While there isn't a plethora of rare German stamps, enough of them make five and six figures at auction to know them by name.

The most famous German misprint comes from Baden Ever since postage stamps ... by a Swedish dealer on behalf of an anonymous collector. The world’s most valuable stamp comes from South America So how ...

The first stamp was created in Great Britain on May 1, 1840. It wouldn't take long for people to start collecting them. Just ...

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The philatelist, a former head postmaster from Thiruvananthapuram, has been collecting rare postal stamps of the Father of the Nation, who turns 155 on Tuesday, for the past 43 years. In his ...

Unpopulated and in the middle of nowhere, Point Nemo is starting to have a history. This article appears in the November 2024 ...

The UN recognizes 193 countries. If you include the non-member observer states of Palestine and the Vatican City, then there are 195. The FIFA football list has 211 members. If we add disputed ...

After a two-year absence, New York’s most glamorous dollhouse returns to the Museum of the City of New York next month.

If you want to retire abroad, you'll need a retirement visa, which is a special type of visa that will allow you to stay in ...

A special set of stamps is being issued to mark the 60th anniversary of rock band The Who. Royal Mail has revealed 12 stamps that feature some of The Who's popular album covers and shots from ...

It was always in the home that children were likeliest to absorb the revolutionary teachings (of Christianity),” writes ...

European leaders are backing deportation centers, sending migrants back to Afghanistan and Syria, and banning asylum in Poland.